👉BoredPanda article with portraits
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In 2000, Bryan painted tens of self-portraits whilst being on mind-altering drugs, and so, “Under The Influence” was born. Within weeks, he became lethargic and suffered mild brain damage. Saunders even became a frequent guest at the hospital. Nevertheless, he continued drawing. The artist sought “experiences that might profoundly affect his perception of self” and when you see just how different each of the drawings from “Under The Influence” is, you can’t help but think he succeeded. Saunders said the brain damage resulted in “psychomotor retardation and confusion,” but at least it was repairable. He’s still conducting this experiment, but over greater lapses of time
Looking through that was kind of grim, this guy is really going to fuck up his brain and body (well, rather, he likely has). Reminds me of a post modern art course I had where I learned of folks who, for instance, masturbated under gallery floorboards for art, or a guy who went out to sea and just… Disappeared in the name of art. Weird, often destructive shit.
Also lol that this is on BP, the commenters were really WTFing this post, that content is usually not quite so intense.